Wearing Your Greatness

08/10/2026

08/08/2026

Most Women Put Vertical Lines Where They Feel Safest. That Is The Problem.

Most women put vertical lines
where they feel safest.
In their narrower areas.
Away from the area they want to minimize.
Away from what they think of
as their problem area.
And I completely understand why.
It feels intuitive.
It feels protective.
But here is the truth.
That instinct is working against you.
Vertical lines move the eye
up and down through the area they run through.
And they make that area appear narrower.
When vertical lines are concentrated
only in your narrower areas —
those areas appear even narrower.
And your wider area —
the one with no vertical movement —
appears even wider by comparison.
The exact opposite of what you wanted.
So here is the mirror test that fixes it.
Stand in front of a mirror.
Look at the width relationship
between your shoulders, your waist,
and your hips.
Ask yourself one question.
Which area appears widest?
Your shoulders?
Your waist?
Or your hips?
That is where vertical lines belong.
Not where you feel safest.
Not where conventional wisdom points you.
Where your wider area actually is.
When vertical lines move through
your wider area —
that area appears narrower.
Balance is created naturally
across your whole silhouette.
That is the whole principle.
And it starts with one question
in the mirror.
Which area is widest on you?
Tell me in the comments — I would love to know.

08/06/2026

Everyone Says Wear Vertical Lines To Look Thinner. Nobody Told You Where They Have To Go.

Everyone says wear vertical lines
to look thinner.
It is one of the most repeated pieces
of style advice in the world.
And it is only half the truth.
Here is what nobody told you.
Vertical lines move the eye up and down.
And they make the area they move through
appear narrower.
That is not good or bad.
It simply means placement matters enormously.
When vertical lines move through
your wider area —
that area appears narrower.
Balance is created across your whole silhouette.
But when vertical lines are concentrated
only in your narrower areas —
something different happens.
Those narrower areas appear even narrower.
And your wider area —
the one with no vertical movement —
appears even wider by comparison.
The exact opposite of what you wanted.
Most women have been following
the vertical lines rule their whole lives
without knowing the second half of it.
Vertical lines are not always your friend.
They just need to be placed strategically –
in the right area for your specific body.
Have you ever followed the vertical lines rule
and still felt something was off?
Tell me in the comments.
I would love to hear.

08/04/2026

I Was Tired Of Being Told What I Had To Wear. So I Figured It Out Myself.

I want to tell you something
about who I actually am.
Whenever someone tells me
I cannot do something —
or that I have to do something
a certain way because of my body —
something rises up in me.

Watch me.
Conventional wisdom told me
what I had to wear
because of my body shape.

A-line skirts. A-line dresses.
Only those. Because of my hips.
I was tired of it.

So I picked up a needle and thread
and decided to figure out something better.
I was designing a shift dress for myself.

My hips were slightly wider than my shoulders —
not dramatically, but enough
that the conventional rules applied to me.

I added princess lines to the dress —
seams that run from the mid arm,
over the bust, through the waist,
and all the way down through the hip to the hem.

Then I started experimenting with placement.
First I placed them the conventional way —
closer to center front.

Then I moved them about two inches wider —
closer to the outer side of the hip.
When I made that two inch shift —
something changed.

My hips appeared narrower.
Not because I changed my body.
Not because I found a better size.

Because the vertical line was now
moving through my wider area
instead of my narrower one.
I felt it when I wore the dress.

Other women noticed and commented.
And in that moment —
standing in a dress I made with my own hands —
I understood something
that no fashion rule had ever told me.

Vertical lines move the eye
through the area they run through.
And that area appears narrower.

Two inches.
That was all it took
to prove conventional wisdom incomplete.

Not a textbook.
Not a fashion course.
My own body. My own experiment.
My own discovery.

And it became the foundation
of everything I have taught
for the last 20 years.

Watch me — has always been my answer
when someone says I cannot.
And this dress was one of the first times
I proved what that means.

Get your free Body Shape Insight here — let me show you exactly where vertical lines should move on your specific body:
https://www.wygreatness.com/bodyshapeanalysis_photoupload

08/02/2026

What Strategic Horizontal Line Placement Actually Looks Like

Let me make horizontal line placement
as concrete and practical as possible.
For an A body shape —
where the hips are the widest area —
here is exactly what strategic placement looks like.
Look for horizontal lines
at the shoulders and waist.
A neckline that draws attention to the shoulders —
a V neck, a scoop neck, a collar.
A defined waistband or waist seam
that draws attention to the waist.
A belt at the natural waist.
These create width at the shoulders and waist —
your narrower areas —
and the whole silhouette comes into balance naturally.
That is the goal.
Not hiding anything.
Not minimizing anything.
Creating balance across the whole silhouette.
And the same principle applies
to every body shape.
V body shape — place horizontal lines
at the waist and hips.
They draw attention there
and create balance with the wider shoulders.
O body shape — place horizontal lines
at the shoulders and hips.
They draw attention there
and create balance with the wider waist.
A body shape — place horizontal lines
at the shoulders and waist.
They draw attention there
and create balance with the wider hips.
Find your narrower areas.
Place horizontal lines there.
Balance happens naturally.
Get your free Body Shape Insight here — find out your body shape and exactly where horizontal lines should land for your specific structure:
https://www.wygreatness.com/bodyshapeanalysis_photoupload

07/31/2026

Here is something practical
you can do the next time
you shop online.

Before you order —
look for the horizontal lines.

Here is exactly how.
Enlarge the product photo on your screen.

Then let your eye move naturally
across the garment.

Do not force it.
Just let it move.
Wherever your eye naturally stops —
that is a horizontal line.

A neckline stops your eye.
A waistband stops your eye.
A hemline stops your eye.
A pocket stops your eye.
A collar, a cuff, a seam line —
all of these stop your eye.
All of these create horizontal lines.

Now ask yourself one question.
Where do these lines land on my body?
If they land in your narrower areas —
that garment is working with your structure.

Those lines are creating width
where you want more balance.
If they land in your wider area —
something will feel off
when you put it on.

Even before you look in the mirror.
That nagging sense that something is not right —
now you know what it was.

A horizontal line
landing in the wrong place.
Not your body.
Not your size.
Not your fault.
Just placement.

Get your free Body Shape Insight here — and find out exactly where horizontal lines should land on your specific body:
https://www.wygreatness.com/bodyshapeanalysis_photoupload

07/31/2026

How To Find Your Narrower Areas — The Mirror Test For Horizontal Lines

Here is a simple mirror test
that will change how you look at clothing.
Stand in front of a mirror.
Look at the width relationship
between three areas of your body —
your shoulders, your waist, and your hips.
Now ask yourself one question.
Which area appears widest?
Your shoulders?
Your waist?
Or your hips?
That is your widest area.
And your other two areas
are your narrower areas.
Here is why that matters.
Horizontal lines create width
wherever they land on your body.
When they land in your narrower areas —
those areas appear wider.
And your whole silhouette
comes into balance naturally.
Let me make it specific.
If you have a V body shape —
your shoulders are your widest area.
Your narrower areas are your waist and hips.
Horizontal lines placed at your waist and hips
create width there —
and bring balance to your wider shoulders.
If you have an O body shape —
your waist is your widest area.
Your narrower areas are your shoulders and hips.
Horizontal lines placed at your shoulders and hips
create width there —
and bring balance to your wider waist.
If you have an A body shape —
your hips are your widest area.
Your narrower areas are your shoulders and waist.
Horizontal lines placed at your shoulders and waist
create width there —
and bring balance to your wider hips.
Stand in the mirror right now.
Find your widest area.
Your other two areas are where
horizontal lines will work best for you.
Which body shape are you?
Tell me in the comments — I would love to know."

07/30/2026

Why Some Outfits Make One Area Look Wider — And What To Do About It

Have you ever put something on
and thought —
why does this area look so much wider
than I expected?
You were not imagining it.
That was a horizontal line doing its job.
Horizontal lines stop the eye.
And wherever the eye stops —
that area appears wider and shorter.
A neckline. A waistband. A hem. A pocket.
All of these stop your eye.
All of these create width
wherever they land on your body.
Here is the most important thing
I want you to hear about horizontal lines.
They are not good or bad.
They are not something to fear or avoid entirely.
They are simply a design element
that needs to be placed strategically.
When horizontal lines land
in your narrower areas —
those areas appear wider.
And that width creates balance
with your wider area.
That is the whole principle.
Most women have been dressing around
horizontal lines their entire lives
without knowing what they were.
Has this ever happened to you —
putting something on and one area
looking wider than you expected?
Tell me in the comments.
I would love to hear.

07/28/2026

She Kept Adjusting Her Top. Here Is What Was Actually Happening.

She came into my department
pulling at her top.
Adjusting it. Smoothing it.
Trying to make it work.
I asked her what felt off.
She could not explain it.
She just knew something was wrong.
I looked at where the hem of her top landed.
Right at her widest area.
Her hips.
A horizontal line
landing exactly where her eye
— and everyone else's eye —
was being stopped and drawn to.
Making that area appear even wider
than it actually was.
She did not need a different size.
She did not need to change her body.
She needed a top where the hem
landed somewhere else.
I found her one
where the hem landed at her mid-hip —
a horizontal line in her narrower area
creating width there instead.
She put it on.
And stopped adjusting immediately.
Before she even turned to look in the mirror
something shifted.
Her hands dropped.
She was just standing there.
Still. Present. Like herself.
Like magic — she felt congruent inside and out.
That is what one strategic change
in horizontal line placement did.
Not a new wardrobe.
Not a different size.
Not a different body.
Just placement.
Get your free Body Shape Insight here — let me show you exactly where horizontal lines should land on your specific body:
https://www.wygreatness.com/bodyshapeanalysis_photoupload